[Verse] I was born a long time ago Way down in the ghetto I used a life in '68 Had a gun to my head And now there's 8 But you know that I Don't really give a damn 'Cause I got 7 more lives to spare (yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus] The cat's got nine lives, he do The cat's got nine lives, he do Oh-oooh, he do
[Verse] I got real wild in '78 I didn't know if I'd Make the gates I met a witch in San Antone I pulled my knife to her head and She left me alone So now I've got to Count my lives day by day But it really don't matter to me I got six anyway Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus] X2
[Solo]
(Oh, yeah)
(Oh, look out now)
Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow baby With silver bells And cockle shells And who knows what else (huh) Enine-menie-miney-mo Catch Mark by the toe Listen to this one now Gene and Paul went up the hill To fetch a pail of water Gene fell down and broke his crown And Paul came tumbling over (yeah) (oh, yeah, oh yeah) Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
[Chorus] X2 I mean one, two, three... The cat's got nine lives, he do He do, he do, he do One more time He do, he do, he do I love it